Splitting up the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. But there are concerns about their futures. The new Academy realignment that ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...

Short subjects willing to tackle tough subjects made the final cut with the Academy this year. That means audiences buying tickets to the “2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation” program should ...

There are 15 animated films to make the Oscar shortlist. What might make the final cut?

A divorce on the board of AMPAS. The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Monday to make the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch two distinct branches: the ...

Brett Foxwell’s two-minute short LeafPresser is a wonderful example of replacement animation that showcases an incredible diversity of leaf shapes, textures, and colors that can be found in nature.

"We're kinda different... I bet you can't guess how!" Can you guess how this little guy is different? There's just something that seems a little off about him... But I can't tell what it is! He looks ...

Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at ShortsTV transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards' animated short category on the big ...

Manchester Animation Festival (MAF), the UK’s only Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying animation festival, revealed the winners of its 2025 international competition and Industry Excellence Awards on Thursday ...

Ideally timed to Disney’s centennial, a short film entitled “Once Upon a Studio” assembles 100 years’ worth of animated characters from the company’s vaults for a group photo outside Walt Disney ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...